Institutions and sustainability: political economy of agriculture and the environment - essays in honour of Konrad Hagedorn

The institutional perspective on the management of natural resources in the light of the interdisciplinary debate on sustainability is the focus of the agricultural and resource economist Konrad Hagedorn. Institutions and Sustainability reflects the latest trends in combining institutions and sustainability, summarises new conceptual developments in environmental economics and outlines new approaches towards the analysis of governance of natural resources. The political economy of economic development and agricultural policy highlights therole of political institutions and the difficulties of reform towards sustainability. International scholars provide approaches and frameworks for analysing modes of governance in natural resource management. Empirical studies look into the role of property rights and collective action for coping with environmental problems and outline theoretical and methodological challenges of the institutional analysis for sustainability. Reflects latest trends in combining institutions and sustainability Summarises new conceptual developments in environmental economics Outlines new approaches to the analysis of governance of natural resources Presents findings on the political economy of agriculture INDICE: From the contents 1. Institutions and Sustainability: Introductionand Overview.- Part I: Political Economy of Economic Development and Agricultural Policy. 2. The Political Economy of Agricultural Reform in Transition Countries. 3. Make Law, Not War? On the Political Economy of Violence and Appropriation. 4. A Marathon Rather than a Sprint: The Reform of the Farmers’ PensionSystem in Germany and its Impacts. 5. Complex Policy Choices Regarding Agricultural Externalities: Efficiency, Equity and Acceptability.- Part II: Institutions, Governance and Sustainability. 6. Multi-Level Governance and Natural Resource Management: The Challenges of Complexity, Diversity, and Uncertainty. 7.Constraints on Rural Governance in the European Union: A Role for Co-operative Associations? 8. Making Environmental Administration More Effective: A Contribution from New Institutional Economics. 9. Public Good Markets: The PossibleRole of Hybrid Governance Structures in Institutions for Sustainability.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-9689-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 415
• Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés